The other day someone asked me what I do for a job. I have to confess I could only manage about 5 whole seconds of the awkward, strained silence that always ensues following the phrase ‘digital developer’ before I inevitably caved and said that I make websites and stuff. ‘Oh, right’, they replied. ‘Do you do that from scratch?’ This question really … Read More
UI Vs Code
Like most people working in the web industry I have spent a lot of time learning how to code. I’ve amassed countless hours in text editors creating websites, games, mini-projects and feel pretty comfortable in that environment. However, the more I know, the more I seem enjoy taking a step back and letting someone (or more accurately something) else do most of the … Read More
Brackets and Text Editors
As a web developer or programmer you spend most of your time writing and editing code. So a text editor isn’t just a tool, its more like a colleague - a friend - a companion. Because of this, people often get very protective about their chosen text editor, boasting its functionality, defending its shortcomings, and once they’ve picked one they’re set for … Read More
X - The Ultimate Theme?
Having used WordPress for a while now I’ve developed a sort of love/hate relationship with it. Love: A plugins for every need Hate: Plugins which break your site Love: Thousands of themes Hate: Spending days fixing themes Love: Lets clients edit content themselves Hate: Confusing content structuring (plugin, page, post, widget?) Luckily, there’s a new theme which solves most of these problems. The … Read More
My Rubik’s Challenge
Skydive, swim with dolphins, run a marathon, ride an elephant, go scuba diving, learn to surf, go parasailing, get a tattoo. These are just some of the items listed as the top 20 things to have on your bucket list. Not me though. Mine is much more pedestrian, and far more geeky. For example, here are the first 5 listings. 1. … Read More
Photoshop Witchcraft
Recently I received some work from a client which involved creating and editing lots of images to fit in with their Magento website. I didn’t have Photoshop at the time as I don’t generally do much design work so I’m used to relying on tools such as Paint.net and online image editors. However, I took the plunge and after a couple of hours … Read More
Adventures in Ubuntu
For the last 15 years I’ve been a Windows man. Not by choice really but by routine. I first started on Windows 95, I’ve never been rich enough to afford a mac and I always assumed Linux involved some sort of ninja qualification in using the command line. However, over the last few months I’ve gotten to that dreaded stage … Read More
Speed up the Web
The web is an ever-changing entity. With the rising use of smartphones, tablets and other touch screen devices it is becoming more and more likely that somebody will want to view your webpage on a slow internet connection such as 3G. This is fine of course, I would estimate I use my phone for more than 50% of my internet … Read More
Bootstrap 3 to the Rescue!
Having spent a lot of time creating websites from scratch I thought it would be a good idea to try out a framework to speed up my productivity. I initially had a look at Joomla, WordPress and Drupal but nothing really clicked as they offer a fundamentally different way to create web pages and I just wanted something to help … Read More
MOOCS for All
There was a time - not too long ago - whereby if you wanted to learn about a new subject you either enrolled at the local college or borrowed a bunch of books from the library. Nowadays things are so much different. Just a quick online search will reveal blogs / videos / tutorials / forums / web pages about … Read More
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